Thinking of Selling Your Car?

Are you thinking about selling your car? If so then there are a number of things that you need to consider. How much will you sell the car for? Where will you advertise? What form of payment should you accept? You also have to be aware of the possibility that your car could be stolen by thieves who pose as potential buyers. Selling a car is definitely not always as straight forward as it should be! Here you will find out everything you need to know to make a successful sale.

Things To Consider

The main things that you need to think about when selling your car include how much you will sell for, what documents you need and where abouts you will advertise your car. Generally you have two main options as to where you can place an advertisement.
Firstly you have local newspapers and car trade magazines. These are usually the best option as they are browsed by thousands of local people. Your other option is to sell online. As time has gone on, more and more people have realized the benefits of selling through auctions websites such as EBay. IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d also recommend listing your car on Autotrader.com. As well as these two options, you can also place a Ã¢â‚¬Å“For SaleÃ¢â‚¬Â sign in your car. You never know who might see your car out on the streets, never hurts to try.
The main problem that you will have when selling your car is who you sell to. What you may not realize is that there are many people out there who want to take advantage of you. Thieves in particular often target used cars. They pose as potential buyers and then they steal your car right from under your nose. To prevent this from occurring you should never leave the keys in the ignition and you should never leave potential buyers unsupervised with the car. Also do not accept checks or cashierÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s checks whenever possible as they can bounce. If you do take a check, try to come to an agreement where the buyer does not get the car until the check has cleared.

As well as checking that you are selling to the right person, you yourself have to have certain documents to hand. You should have the title for the car to show the buyer. Without a title you might not even be able to sell the car. Also make sure any liens on your car have been removed before selling.

Overall selling a car can be hard work. However if you are careful and if you do plenty of research to determine how much to sell the car for then you should end up having a smooth transaction. Also if you need to sell really quickly and just want to get it off your hands two great options are a free listing on Craigslist.org or selling to Carmax. Remember selling to Carmax probably won’t give you as much as you’d like to get, but it’s a process that takes about 30-60 minutes to sell your car. If you have trouble selling your car, don’t know how much to sell for or where to list it for sale… always remember you can e-mail us at [email protected] for free advice.